We hate to say it, but we sure called this one. Now to all of you who told us the anti-Semitism in The Passion of Christ was just a product of our paranoid imaginations—how would you like your crow prepared?… Read moreMel Gibson’s Holocaust series pulled
We have noted a growing number of Turkish writers to face prosecution for their words. The latest is, especially perversely, charged in connection with a work of fiction. From The Guardian, July 24: In Istanbul, a writer awaits her day… Read moreAnother Turkish writer faces persecution
Note, of course, that her work was banned. From Middle East Times, July 31: ANKARA — Duygu Asena, a renowned Turkish journalist and writer who devoted much of her work to promoting women’s rights, has died at the age of… Read moreDuygu Asena, Turkish feminist writer, dies at 60
by Sarkis Pogossian There have been signs over the past three years, as the debacle in Iraq has gone from bad to worse, that the so-called “neo-cons”—the Pentagon-connected policy wonks with traditional ties to the Israeli right and ultra-ambitious schemes… Read moreLEBANON AND THE NEO-CON ENDGAME
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